Wow yeah Boy C, it's almost like white people are the majority of NFL fans who actually spent money on merch and tickets, almost like pissing the majority of your paying fan base off will be bad for business. Really makes you think...

CROSBY, Texas - Two football players of a private high school in Crosby were thrown off the team after one knelt and another raised his fist during the national anthem.

Larry McCullough, 18, and Cedric Ingram Lewis, 16, are at the center of a debate after being kicked off the Victory and Worship Academy football team.

"Before every game, we always pray and then say the anthem. At the game, I decided to stay on my knee, rather than say the anthem," McCullough said.

The head coach at the academy, Ronnie Mitchem, said his players were not allowed to protest during the anthem because he felt was disrespectful of veterans and others, according to the Associated Press.

"I pretty much knew how he looked at us when I was holding my fist up and my cousin was kneeling," Lewis said.

He made the two players strip down, remove their uniforms on the field and dismissed them from the team.

Mitchem, a former Marine, said he doesn't oppose protesting, but not during the national anthem.

"We as a team are very much on the page together," Jones said. "We made our expression. I'm very supportive of the team, but under no circumstances will the Dallas Cowboys, I don't care what happens, under no circumstances will we as an organization, coaches, players, not support and stand and recognize and honor the flag. Period."

Jones spoke with President Donald Trump after the Cowboys played the Cardinals. Jones said Trump said the entire issue could have been avoided if the NFL enforced a rule stating players must stand for the national anthem, however, that is not in the NFL's game operations manual.

"We as a team are very much on the page together," Jones said. "We made our expression. I'm very supportive of the team, but under no circumstances will the Dallas Cowboys, I don't care what happens, under no circumstances will we as an organization, coaches, players, not support and stand and recognize and honor the flag. Period."

Jones spoke with President Donald Trump after the Cowboys played the Cardinals. Jones said Trump said the entire issue could have been avoided if the NFL enforced a rule stating players must stand for the national anthem, however, that is not in the NFL's game operations manual.